Executive Pastor: Redeemer Lincoln Square

Overview

Executive Pastor:
Redeemer Lincoln Square

Position: Executive Pastor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Band: Band 10

Department: Redeemer Lincoln Square (LSQ)

Reports to: Senior Pastor and the Session

Date: May 2025

The Executive Pastor serves as the chief organizational leader of Redeemer Lincoln Square (LSQ), directly supporting the Senior Pastor to achieve the church’s vision, mission, and values. The Executive Pastor oversees staff leadership, strategic planning, operational excellence, and resource management across all ministries (including worship, discipleship, children and youth ministries, women and men’s ministries, community, mission, leadership development and training). This role fosters collaboration with the Session, other Redeemer churches and ministries, Presbytery, and other key stakeholders, ensuring alignment and progress toward organizational goals.

Strategic Leadership

• Understands, embraces, and promotes LSQ vision, mission and values, and overseeing implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Partner with the Senior Pastor to develop and refresh the annual ministry plan (Playbook) in alignment with LSQ’s mission, goals and the five-year strategic plan.
• Inspire and guide staff to achieve objectives and key results through effective coaching, team collaboration, and performance accountability.
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement within the organization.
• With the Senior Pastor, work with the wider Redeemer Network to see a movement of the gospel in NY, and to do shared events and ministry initiatives, where appropriate.

Operational and Financial Management

• Oversee day-to-day operations, effectively managing resources (staff, financial, and physical), programs, and projects.
• Lead the budgeting process, ensuring financial accountability and sustainability in partnership with Redeemer central services financial team (FOC).
• Manage staff performance, including hiring, development, and, when necessary, departures to maintain a high-performing, mission-focused, gospel-centric team.
• Ensure excellence in HR policy and practices with the staff team.
• Design and execute a comprehensive generosity strategy to support the annual budget and ministry reserves as well as any capital campaigns.

Ministry and Facility Oversight

• Ensure streamlined processes for worship planning and execution, prioritizing high-quality experiences (Director of Worship is a direct report).
• Provide guidance and resources for the discipleship ministries, including the children and youth ministry teams, women and young adult, congregational care team and community team to enhance impact and efficiency. (Director of Children’s and Youth Ministry, Director of Discipleship, Congregational Care Pastor, Director of Women’s Ministry and Congregational Groups are direct reports).
• Oversee office space, worship space (multi-site in 2027) management and rentals, ensuring smooth operations. (Managing Director is a direct report).
• Oversee the work of church communications to ensure clear and impactful messaging with the congregation and target demographic. (Director of Communications is a direct report).
• Collaborate with Redeemer Downtown (RDT) and Hope for New York to ensure fair and effective sharing of building resources and expenses.

Preaching and Teaching

• Preaching 25% of the time as directed by the Senior Pastor.
• Teach discipleship cohorts, classes and seminars as needed.
• Leading worship as assigned by the Senior Pastor.
• Provide pastoral care and counseling to congregants.
• Oversee LSQ’s Leadership Pipeline (including apprentices, interns, and lay-leaders).

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA/M.Div/D.Min or equivalent preferred.
• At least 20 years of ministry experience.
• And at least 10+ years of experience in church leadership.
• Demonstrated success in strategic planning, financial and operations management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Disciplined growth mindset who partners well with others and brings team along while scaling to multiple sites with various stakeholders.
• Understands church planting in urban context where the above might be…